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Other dockets which received large chunks of the budgetary allocation include Agriculture, Irrigation and Water, Education, Devolution, Climate Change and ICT.
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Dockets with the least allocation were Sanitation, Environment, Sports and Youth.
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The county assembly of Lamu has approved a Sh4.4 billion supplementary budget.
In the budget tabled by Basuba MCA Deko Barissa, Sh3 billion will go towards the recurrent expenditure while Sh1.4 billion was dedicated to development projects
Of this amount, the health docket received the lion’s share of Sh.1.2 billion from which Sh1 billion goes to the recurrent expenditure while Sh.241 million goes to development.
The county assembly received the second largest share of the budget of Sh.634 million, where Sh490 million goes to the recurrent expenditure while Sh.144 million goes towards development.
Other dockets which received large chunks of the budgetary allocation include Agriculture, Irrigation and Water, Education, Devolution, Climate Change and ICT.
Dockets with the least allocation were Sanitation, Environment, Sports and Youth.
Barissa said that the health docket got the largest share owing to the impending planned improvement of health facilities in the region, including the purchase of drugs, employment of more medical personnel and improvement of the general infrastructure.
He said the county assembly would support and complement the functions of the county government through such efforts as making timely budgetary approvals to enable for development and effective service delivery to the masses.
“The health sector is specifically in need because of infrastructure, drugs, personnel and all that. The plan is to support county government efforts to provide better and accessible health services to the people of Lamu,” Barissa said.
Shella MCA Atwa Salim said he was confident that the allocation made to the water docket would be more than enough to resolve perennial water challenges in the county.
“We factored in the fact that some areas like Lamu East will now be connected to piped water while the shortages will also be fully addressed,” Salim said.
Lamu county assembly speaker Azhar Mbarak reiterated that the county assembly was fully committed to working with the county administration to improve living standards of the people of Lamu.
He pledged to ensure the assembly keeps an eye on the executive to ensure all allocated funds are spent prudently and accounted for.
“We will definitely follow up on every penny to ensure no one plays around with public funds other than using it for the purpose it was allocated for,” Mbarak said.